pointless worthless useless majors! part 4
Liberal Arts!
You will notice that I have no respect for a major that is essential the dummied down version of another version--say, for instance, accounting and economics. The reason for this, I think, should be obvious, but if not, let me point it out from a practical point of view. If there are two people applying for the same job and one of them has studied the Real subject and the other has studied the remedial version, which would you hire? I mean, there's more, of course. Those who take the stupid version are basically admitting that they can't take the intelligent version and this basically says that they themselves are either lazy or stupid (or heaven help us, both). So that they're diploma is basically a sign that they aren't up to snuff and that they still think you should give them respect (which I don't).
That being said, is there any sin greater than a degree in liberal arts? Mind you, I'm not saying a degree in A liberal art, but a general degree--that is to say, they just couldn't hack it in history, English, etc., so they've instead taken the beginners course in a bunch of disciplines. Why? Well, the liberal arts degree is generally designed for people who want to teach grade school. Of course, you might ask, why not major in child development or child psychology? I agree. Either of these degrees would be much more useful in the teaching of young students. Instead, these people take math classes...so that they can teach math to 8 year olds...that's third grade...can you imagine getting college credit for mastering 3rd grade math? If you can, you might be a liberal arts major.
Speaking from experience, liberal arts majors are beyond incompetent. They walk into the easiest literary class all doe eyed and just sort of incapable of saying anything at all. Meanwhile, the business majors run laps around them...the BUSINESS MAJORS! Evidentally, unless its "The Puppy and The Happy Boy," the liberal arts people are f'ing lost. Here's an example. The other day for class, I had everyone read "Young Goodman Brown," "I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died," "The Tyger," and "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning." I then gave a quiz of four questions. Two on Hawthorne, one on Dickinson, and one on Blake. Alright, most everyone did well so it wasn't like this thing was too hard. The liberal arts student began by complaining aloud that she did not know any of the answers. This was my fault (evidentally). Afterwards, she came up to me to ask how she could make up the quiz, because, of course, it was up to me to give her something so that she wouldn't have failed the quiz despite her having, in fact, just failed the quiz.
Why? Why would she expect me to just keep giving her assignments until we finally struck on one that was easy enough for her to pass? Because she's a liberal arts major and basically expects her college to be a lot easier than everyone else. She wants to be graded with a handicap.
So, out there in the world, the liberal arts major is afforded no respect, but what's worse, there's this whole other group of people whom the regular world seems to want, unfairly, to lump together with these know-nothings. That's my major beef with the liberal arts people. It would be one thing if they were simply stupid, but they make others look stupid, as well, by association.
I think this last part is unfair, but I want to add it anyway. This doesn't necessarilly reflect on the Liberal Arts as a major, but it does reflect on its pracitioners. I haven't met a single person getting a degree in liberal arts that didn't suffer undeserved arrogance and the personality of a sand crab. It makes sense that the discipline would attract these people as it affords them a job despite their crappy outlooks, and children who will look up to them for being able to multiply by five. Still, there's a serious character flaw in every liberal arts person I've met.
On the other hand, most people I know who actually end up working with children seem to be very decent human beings. This leads me to believe that at some point, somebody prevents the asshole contingent in this discipline from going on into the profession. Whoever you are, God bless you, but seriously, could you start that process a little earlier?
You will notice that I have no respect for a major that is essential the dummied down version of another version--say, for instance, accounting and economics. The reason for this, I think, should be obvious, but if not, let me point it out from a practical point of view. If there are two people applying for the same job and one of them has studied the Real subject and the other has studied the remedial version, which would you hire? I mean, there's more, of course. Those who take the stupid version are basically admitting that they can't take the intelligent version and this basically says that they themselves are either lazy or stupid (or heaven help us, both). So that they're diploma is basically a sign that they aren't up to snuff and that they still think you should give them respect (which I don't).
That being said, is there any sin greater than a degree in liberal arts? Mind you, I'm not saying a degree in A liberal art, but a general degree--that is to say, they just couldn't hack it in history, English, etc., so they've instead taken the beginners course in a bunch of disciplines. Why? Well, the liberal arts degree is generally designed for people who want to teach grade school. Of course, you might ask, why not major in child development or child psychology? I agree. Either of these degrees would be much more useful in the teaching of young students. Instead, these people take math classes...so that they can teach math to 8 year olds...that's third grade...can you imagine getting college credit for mastering 3rd grade math? If you can, you might be a liberal arts major.
Speaking from experience, liberal arts majors are beyond incompetent. They walk into the easiest literary class all doe eyed and just sort of incapable of saying anything at all. Meanwhile, the business majors run laps around them...the BUSINESS MAJORS! Evidentally, unless its "The Puppy and The Happy Boy," the liberal arts people are f'ing lost. Here's an example. The other day for class, I had everyone read "Young Goodman Brown," "I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died," "The Tyger," and "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning." I then gave a quiz of four questions. Two on Hawthorne, one on Dickinson, and one on Blake. Alright, most everyone did well so it wasn't like this thing was too hard. The liberal arts student began by complaining aloud that she did not know any of the answers. This was my fault (evidentally). Afterwards, she came up to me to ask how she could make up the quiz, because, of course, it was up to me to give her something so that she wouldn't have failed the quiz despite her having, in fact, just failed the quiz.
Why? Why would she expect me to just keep giving her assignments until we finally struck on one that was easy enough for her to pass? Because she's a liberal arts major and basically expects her college to be a lot easier than everyone else. She wants to be graded with a handicap.
So, out there in the world, the liberal arts major is afforded no respect, but what's worse, there's this whole other group of people whom the regular world seems to want, unfairly, to lump together with these know-nothings. That's my major beef with the liberal arts people. It would be one thing if they were simply stupid, but they make others look stupid, as well, by association.
I think this last part is unfair, but I want to add it anyway. This doesn't necessarilly reflect on the Liberal Arts as a major, but it does reflect on its pracitioners. I haven't met a single person getting a degree in liberal arts that didn't suffer undeserved arrogance and the personality of a sand crab. It makes sense that the discipline would attract these people as it affords them a job despite their crappy outlooks, and children who will look up to them for being able to multiply by five. Still, there's a serious character flaw in every liberal arts person I've met.
On the other hand, most people I know who actually end up working with children seem to be very decent human beings. This leads me to believe that at some point, somebody prevents the asshole contingent in this discipline from going on into the profession. Whoever you are, God bless you, but seriously, could you start that process a little earlier?
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Hi Joel, that it? I went to your blog to see what you had to say and...guess what...you don't have one. You are a load that should have been swallowed. Have a nice one, dick head.
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